While Still Elvis's drummer in 1976 and early 1977, he took another gig: The Jerry Garcia Band. After that, he went on to be Neil Diamond's drummer. He backed Elvis for the rest of his career until the King left the building in 1977. In 1969 he successfully auditioned for the Elvis Presley TCB Band, an unprecedented amalgam of musicians with different musical styles that came to Elvis in a dream (or so the story goes).
One of the more interesting career paths in American Music, the Texan started playing Western Swing and Dixieland early in his career. The secret power behind this line up, in my onion, is the masterful drumming of Ron Tutt.
She does some phenomenal lead singing as well on Strange Man and Stir it Up. Kieth was born to play these parts and Donna was born to sing sweet harmony with Jerry. The material, drawing from soul, R n B and Gospel is ideally suited for the soulful Muscle-shoals Veteran Donna-Jean and the honky-tonk jazz piano tinkler Kieth.
Kieth and Donna Godchaux cross over with Jerry from The Grateful Dead and are perhaps a better fit for this line up than the 1976 Grateful Dead.
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The simple, professional and perfectly suited for the material line-up is what makes the year so special in my opinion. The 1976 line-up (Kieth Godchaux out of frame). The education and great conversations have meant so much to me. He gave me a list of JGB shows to familiarize myself with that had some prime 76 on it. Pat Kinsella I met via the hippie hat pin collectors scene and preached 1976 JGB like it was a religion (because it is. Rich Lemire has been giving me Dead Shows 10gb at a time (we pass back and forth a flash drive known as the rage nug) for around 5 years and has been my constant 'BS about the Dead' partner. I've had two significant mentors in my dead listening journey. One thing I learned fairly quickly:The 1976 Jerry Garcia Band is incredibly special. For a thorough and meticulously researched overview of the JGB line-ups, check out this post from Lost Live Dead. There are a lot more changes through time. Something to sink my teeth into! With JGB, the line up changed fairly regularly through the years so it was like learning the whole Pigpen>Kieth and Donna>Brent>Vince and Bruce>Vince thing all over again. Tapes to consume, era's to learn, repertoire's to familiarize one's self with.
I had sampled every time period extensively and while I was still discovering shows I liked and different versions of the material, I longed for that wide open frontier I had at the beginning with Grateful Dead music. For a nerd like me, I had reached a bit of a stale point in listening to the Dead. To those that do delve into Jerry Band though, a treasure trove of beautiful, soulful and fun music awaits. So while you can find reviews, if not detailed analysis of countless dead shows, there just isn't nearly as much Garcia Band scholarship. Jerry Garcia's middle Finger is probably the foremost internet JGB scholar with a ton of show reviews and some really interesting and insightful research. All of my favorite Dead blogs do get into it a bit ( Hooterollin Around, Lost Live Dead and Dead Essays). Secondly, there is a real lack of scholarship compared to the Grateful Dead. So its much harder to devour a bunch of the music quickly to learn the ropes and figure out what you want to focus on. Much harder to quickly sample, you have to commit! Or you can buy the handful (albeit a terrific handful) of official releases from Round Records/ The Official Garcia Site.
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First of all, the shows aren't on (often accessed by the relisten app these days) so you have to use bt. to download via torrent software. Jerry Garcia Band is a lot harder to get into than the Grateful Dead.
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